- NTL 600k Broadband @ £19.99 up to £24.99
- Posted by CD on July 8th, 2004
If you were an early adopter like me who shelled out £150 for their
Cable Modem in order to get the service for £19.99 PM, check your
bill. They have just upped it to £24.99 without any warning. In effect
you are paying £5 PM to rent your own equipment from them.
After calling them to ask about the price hike they refused to budge.
I shall be a BT customer as of a week on monday & getting F2S ADSL
shortly after that.
Way to go NTL.
CD.
- Posted by Richard Sobey on July 9th, 2004
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 05:23:23 GMT, phoenix
<phoenix@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote:
The original deal was pay £24.99/m and "rent" a modem, or pay £19.99/m
and buy the modem outright. They've now upped the price for all
customers who bought their modem.
--
Richard Sobey
"myfirstname"@rasobey.co.uk
- Posted by Richard Sobey on July 9th, 2004
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 07:26:46 GMT, phoenix
<phoenix@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote:
I see 
I'm not one for reading T&C small print - if I want the
service I've got to sign them anyway so can't see the sense in
wasting an hour
--
Richard Sobey
"myfirstname"@rasobey.co.uk
- Posted by CD on July 9th, 2004
"phoenix" <phoenix@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote in message
news:17xtroq82gdwr$.dlg@phoenix-systems.uk.com...
I was extremely miffed by the fact that I only found out about the hike when
I opened my bill. Some folks who may not scrutinise the bill closely may not
notice.
I've seen lot's of NTL bashing on various groups, but personally I have had
no problems with them (& Diamond Cable before) in almost 10 years.
I had been toying with the idea of going ADSL since my local exchange was
enabled not long ago.
As it turns out switching my phone to BT saves me a quid on line rental, I
keep my number & can choose from umpteen ADSL providers, many cheaper than
£19.99PM (subject to caps etc. I know). F2S looks favourite after looking at
adslguide.org.
My OP wasn't intended as an anti NTL rant, I just wanted to make folks
aware. I guess there aren't that many who bought the modems outright back
then though.
CD
- Posted by Kráftéé on July 9th, 2004
phoenix wrote:
Only porblem with that is that you have to pay an extra £25 for the NTL
contractor to visit to deliver the modem.....
- Posted by CD on July 10th, 2004
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:43:09 GMT, phoenix
<phoenix@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote:
Looks like I may be still be an NTL customer, for 12 months anyway.
Just had them call me begging to stay & I was offered half price phone
line & half price broadband, to be reviewed after a year. I told her
to call me back next week, I'd be cutting my nose off to spite my face
if I turn that down.
CD
